Sweetness

Other than the baptism pictures I finally got around to posting yesterday, I have not really updated on what little miss has been up to. Anna went to her first birthday party on June 6th where there was quite a few other small kids in the 1-2 year old range. It was the first time that she saw that many kids all together at one time and she loved it! The bigger kids were riding around on toys and she loved watching them and shrieking at the top of her lungs. She also really liked the water table and was splashing away in it. Although I brought the camera, I didn't take any pictures myself, but there are some good shots of the fun on my friends' blogs: A Rumble in the Jungle and The Smith Family. Links to those pages are on the left of the screen so you can see Anna at the party there. I guess my excuse for not taking pictures is the fact that Stan had to work, so I had full Anna duty the whole time. In all honesty, I have never been a "picture person" so the fact that I have taken so many pictures since Anna was born is really amazing! Seriously, my whole life growing up, I had a friend who used to take tons of pictures of everything. I used to just get copies of pictures from her.
Annalise also came to the school with me on the last day for the end of the year luncheon. It was over her nap time so she was a little fussy but not bad. I was glad to finally have to opportunity for everyone to see her since I didn't bring her in after she was born because I was a real "germaphobic" the whole winter!
Another "new thing" that Annalise has done is she got in our pool for the first time last night. She really one got her legs in because we really had not planned on going swimming, but she LOVED it! Stan decided to get in quick because he was really hot after working on pressure washing the deck and siding, so I sat on the side and put my legs in. I as holding Anna over the side and Stan took her for a few "rides" in the water. I can't wait to take her in all the way. Looks like probably not this week though because the weather looks really junky!
Here are some random pictures of our sweetness:

All smiles in the morning

"Dee da dee de dee...just layin' here with by binkyyyy..."

"Oh, hi Mommy!"

"Watcha doin' ?"

"I'll help you with the camera."

Chewing on the tag of the fabric book. She can find a tag on anything.

"What?"

"Duhhhhhh..."
This is the trademark "Riley Look". We do love our dog, but we have found over the past three years that she is not the brightest bulb out there!